Marquel Blackwell (born July 29, 1979) is a former American football quarterback and the current running backs coach for the University of South Carolina.
[1] Blackwell became a starter three games into his redshirt freshman season and led South Florida to a 30–12 mark during the Bulls' move from Division I-AA to I-A in 2001.
[4] In 2006, Blackwell signed with the Alabama Steeldogs of the Arena Football 2 (af2), where former Dixie and USF teammate Glenn Davis served as assistant coach.
Following his playing career Blackwell spent two years as the head coach of Freedom High School's football team after one as the offensive coordinator.
On January 13, 2022 it was announced that Blackwell was to become the new running backs coach at Ole Miss replacing Kevin Smith.